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The Rabbula Gospels is an illuminated Syriac manuscript containing the four canonical Gospels. A scribal colophon dates its completion to 586 at a monastery associated with the monk Rabbula, although the precise relationship between its text and surviving painted leaves has been debated. Its illustr...
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Key Syriac Gospel book with early Crucifixion imagery; high art-historical importance and strong scholarly reputation.
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The Syriac Sinaiticus, also called the Sinaitic Palimpsest, is a manuscript containing an early Syriac translation of the four canonical Gospels. The Gospel text, generally dated to the late 4th or early 5th century, was erased and overwritten with a later religious text, but much of it remains reco...
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Oldest Syriac Gospel translation witness, major palimpsest discovery; high textual importance, limited visual quality.
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